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Connect it to a monitor

You can connect your raspberry pi to a HDMI monitor using an HDMI cable giving you a great resolution.
You can also use the composite port on the device. In this case the resolution will be medium.
Take care that you do not buy a HDMI -> VGA adapter and try to use a VGA monitor. VGA is analog, HDMI is digital. This means you will need a HDMI -> VGA connector not adapter. This difference can easily cost you some weeks of waiting for a device which will prove worthless in the end.

No start without bootable SD card

When I got my Pi, I just started it to see if it works. I did not have an SD card in it and I expected it to show

No bootable medium found

Or something similar. Beware! The Pi will not even start without a bootable SD card in it. Also an SD card that is not bootable does not help. Do not send the Pi back, create a bootable SD card and boot from it.